Yahoo jettisons Photos in favor of Flickr — Yahoo Inc. plans to disclose Friday that it will shutter its popular Photos service and transfer users to Flickr, a competitor that the company acquired in 2005. — The move is intended to eliminate a redundant product and save on costs for the Web portal …

YouTube Starts Paying Star Users — YouTube is going to start helping some of its indie video content creators make money, starting tomorrow. The company will launch a program that puts the creators of some of the more popular YouTube channels — including Lonelygirl15, LisaNova, HappySlip …

Why the 09ers Are So Upset — The user revolt at Digg and elsewhere, over attempts to take down the now-famous "09 F9 ..." number, is now all over the press. (Background: 1, 2) Many non-techies, including some reporters, wonder why users care so much about this.

BILL'S HARD DRIVE — MICROSOFT EYES SEARCH GIANT IN PROPOSED TAKEOVER — Stung by the loss of Internet advertising firm DoubleClick to Google last month, Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal with Yahoo!, asking the company to re-enter formal negotiations, The Post has learned.

Joost Is Error-Prone — Apologies to all of you who've requested invites to Joost. We'd love to let you into the service, but over the past few days we have had trouble launching the application ourselves. I'd had no problems running earlier versions, but these days can't even get the thing to start.

EIC Change at PC World — As has been widely reported in the media, Harry McCracken, the EIC of PC World has resigned. I have huge respect for Harry, thank him for all his contributions over the years and wish him well. I am hopeful that Harry will continue to write for PC World on a freelance basis.

MacArthur Maze Detour Update — In response to the I-80 and I-580 freeway connector collapse in the San Francisco Bay Area that occurred on Sunday, April 29, we responded quickly by removing these ramps from our mapping system on Monday. As a result, Yahoo! Maps is now offering alternative routes …

The End Of The Security Industry Not So Unrealistic — Last week, security expert Bruce Schneier caused a bit of a stir when he said that there shouldn't be a security industry. While his comment engendered a lot of debate, it really wasn't a particularly radical statement.

If Markets Are Conversations Then Twitter Is Money — Twitter is the conversation. David Weinberger gets it right enough. — One of the themes coming through loud and clear in the twitterverse is that many of us are a bit jaded about blogging. Marshall Kirkpatrick wants to Twitter instead of blogging.

T-Mobile's cell-to-WiFi service to launch this summer — T-Mobile could be ready to launch its long-anticipated cell-to-WiFi service this summer, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal. The service, initially called "T-Mobile at Home," has been implemented in test markets since last year …

Spidey 3 Online Ahead of U.S. Release — It's official: Spider-Man 3 has appeared online as an unauthorized download on public torrent trackers ahead of the release in theaters across the U.S. Just today, VCDQuality indexed two slightly different versions from the same source in China …